A heat conduction tube processing device

By designing a heat conduction pipe processing equipment including material rack, central turntable and robotic hand, the problem of difficulty in automatic loading of existing equipment is solved and the processing efficiency is improved.

CN119456774BActive Publication Date: 2025-06-13惠州市精航智能设备有限公司
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Application Number
CN202411931589.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-26
Publication Date
2025-06-13
Estimated Expiration
2044-12-26

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Technical Problem

The existing heat conduction pipe processing equipment is difficult to achieve automatic loading, resulting in low processing efficiency and requires manual auxiliary loading.

Method used

A heat conduction pipe processing equipment is designed, including a material rack, a central turntable, a loading robot, a cutting robot and a stamping mechanism. The material rack is equipped with a guide rod and a flip robot arm. Through the support of the guide rod and the flip of the flip robot arm, the automatic feeding of the heat conduction pipe is realized.

Benefits of technology

Automatic loading of heat conduction pipes is realized, processing efficiency is improved, and the need for manual operation is reduced.

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Abstract

A heat-conducting tube processing device, which comprises: a material rack, a central turntable, a loading manipulator, a unloading manipulator, and a stamping mechanism arranged around the central turntable; a plurality of fixtures are provided on the central turntable, a floating frame, a slider and a punch head matching the fixtures are provided on the stamping mechanism, and the punch head is used for stamping the heat-conducting tubes on the fixtures. The material rack includes a flipping robotic arm, a conveyor belt, a pusher block, two support feet and a guiding rod located between the support feet. The guiding rod is parallel to the conveyor belt. The heat-conducting tubes to be processed are hung on the guiding rod, and the guiding rod abuts against the bent positions on the heat-conducting tubes. The pusher block is placed on the conveyor belt and is used for pushing the heat-conducting tubes close to the flipping robotic arm; the guiding rod provides support and positioning for the heat-conducting tubes, so that multiple heat-conducting tubes can be mounted in the material rack, and the heat-conducting tubes are parallel to each other, and the orientations of the heat-conducting tubes are regular, so as to facilitate automatic loading and improve the processing efficiency of the heat-conducting tubes.
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Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of machining, and in particular to a heat conduction pipe machining device. Background Art

[0002] Figure 1 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the heat conducting tube 20, which is in the shape of a Chinese character "己", and includes a first bending portion 21, a second bending portion 22 and a transition portion 23 located at the junction of the two bending portions. The line connecting the first bending portion 21 and the transition portion 23 and the line connecting the second bending portion 22 and the transition portion 23 are staggered, that is, the first bending portion 21 and the second bending portion 22 are not on the same plane.

[0003] Before shipment, the reference surface 24 needs to be processed on the transition portion 23. However, the two bent portions 22 are not on the same plane. When the heat pipe 20 is laid flat on the conveyor belt, one of the parts will always be lifted up. Figure 2 As shown; it is difficult to automatically feed the heat pipe 20. The existing equipment requires workers to assist in feeding, and the feeding speed is low, which affects the processing efficiency of the heat pipe 20. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art and provide a heat conducting pipe processing device to realize automatic feeding of the heat conducting pipe and improve the processing efficiency of the heat conducting pipe.

[0005] The objective of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0006] A heat conduction pipe processing equipment, comprising: a material rack, a central turntable, and a loading manipulator, a unloading manipulator, and a stamping mechanism arranged around the central turntable;

[0007] The central turntable is provided with a plurality of jigs, and the stamping mechanism is provided with a floating frame, a slider and a pressing head matching the jigs, the pressing head is used to stamp the heat conducting pipe on the jig, and the slider is used to push the floating frame upward so that the floating frame abuts against the bottom of the central turntable;

[0008] The material rack includes a flipping mechanical arm, a conveyor belt, a pusher block, two supporting feet and a guide rod located between the supporting feet, the guide rod is parallel to the conveyor belt, the heat-conducting pipe to be processed is hung on the guide rod, and the guide rod is against the curved position on the heat-conducting pipe, the pusher block is placed on the conveyor belt, and the pusher block is used to push the heat-conducting pipe close to the flipping mechanical arm;

[0009] The turning robot arm is used to drive the heat conducting pipe to turn over and make the heat conducting pipe close to the feeding robot arm.

[0010] In one embodiment, the cross-section of the guiding rod is circular, and the number of the guiding rods is two.

[0011] In one embodiment, the rack further includes a controller, a power supply and two in-place detectors. The in-place detector includes a movable ring, a buffer and a conductive sheet. The movable ring is slidably arranged on the guiding rod. The buffer is connected to the support leg and is also connected to the movable ring. The conductive sheet is arranged on the movable ring and is used for fitting with the heat conduction tube. Wherein, the power supply, the controller and the two conductive sheets are connected by wires to form a detection circuit in an open state.

[0012] In one embodiment, the flipping robotic arm includes a lifting cylinder, a translation cylinder, a sliding table, a flipping cylinder, a rotating shaft and a gripper located on the rotating shaft. The gripper is provided with two clamping blocks arranged oppositely, and the gripper is used to drive the two clamping blocks to approach each other to clamp the heat conduction tube. The clamping block is provided with a semi-circular groove matching the heat conduction tube.

[0013] In one embodiment, the clamping block is provided with a plurality of material separating teeth. The root of the material separating tooth is tangent to the groove wall of the semi-circular groove. The thickness of the material separating tooth decreases from one end connected to the semi-circular groove to the other end. And the material separating teeth on the two clamping blocks are staggered.

[0014] In one embodiment, the guiding rod is obliquely arranged on the support leg. One end of the guiding rod close to the loading robotic arm is higher than the end far from the loading robotic arm. And a material separating groove is formed in one end of the guiding rod close to the loading robotic arm. The material separating groove can accommodate one heat conduction tube. The heat conduction tube located in the material separating groove is in contact with the conductive sheet.

[0015] In one embodiment, the loading robotic arm includes a translation motor, a lifting motor and a synchronous clamp. The translation motor and the lifting motor cooperate to drive the synchronous clamp to reciprocate horizontally between the central turntable and the rack. The synchronous clamp includes a first sliding rod, a second sliding rod, a sliding seat and two loading cylinders. The first sliding rod and the second sliding rod are both slidably arranged on the sliding seat. The first sliding rod is parallel to the second sliding rod. A plurality of first clamping pieces are arranged on the first sliding rod. A plurality of second clamping pieces are arranged on the second sliding rod. The two loading cylinders are used to drive the first sliding rod and the second sliding rod to translate, so that the first clamping pieces and the second clamping pieces approach each other.

[0016] In one embodiment, the stamping mechanism is provided with a camera.

[0017] In one embodiment, a slide and a recycling box are provided below the blanking manipulator.

[0018] In one embodiment, a baffle is provided on the pushing block, and the baffle is used to push the heat conduction tube.

[0019] The above heat conduction tube processing equipment has the following advantages:

[0020] 1. The guiding rod provides support and positioning for the heat conduction tube, enabling multiple heat conduction tubes to be mounted in the rack and making each heat conduction tube parallel, so that the orientation of the heat conduction tubes is regular to facilitate automatic feeding and improve the processing efficiency of the heat conduction tube;

[0021] 2. There is no connection between the pushing block and the conveyor belt. When the resistance is greater than the friction force between the two, the pushing block will slip on the conveyor belt, enabling the heat conduction tubes to be arranged orderly on the guiding rod and preventing the surface of the heat conduction tubes from being scratched. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present invention and should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0023] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the heat conduction tube;

[0024] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the state of placing the heat conduction tube on the conveyor belt;

[0025] Figure 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the heat conduction tube processing equipment;

[0026] Figure 4 is a side view of the stamping mechanism;

[0027] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation of the central turntable, the feeding manipulator and the blanking manipulator;

[0028] Figure 6 is a front view of the rack;

[0029] Figure 7 is a diagram of the cooperation state of the material dividing teeth and the heat conduction tube (one);

[0030] Figure 8 is a diagram of the cooperation state of the material dividing teeth and the heat conduction tube (two);

[0031] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation of the pushing block and the guiding rod;

[0032] Figure 10 is a mating state diagram of the guide rod and the support foot;

[0033] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram (I) of the mating of the heat conduction tube and the material distribution tank;

[0034] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram (II) of the mating of the heat conduction tube and the material distribution tank;

[0035] Figure 13 is a schematic structural diagram of the synchronous clamp. Detailed implementation manners

[0036] For ease of understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more comprehensively below with reference to the relevant drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, these embodiments are provided so that the disclosure of the present invention can be understood more thoroughly and comprehensively.

[0037] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or there can also be a middle element. When an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or there may be a middle element at the same time. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are only for the purpose of illustration and do not represent the only embodiments.

[0038] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. The terms used herein in the description of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the related listed items.

[0039] Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 5 , the present invention provides a heat conduction tube processing device 10, which includes: a material rack 100, a central turntable 200, and a loading manipulator 300, an unloading manipulator 400, and a stamping mechanism 500 arranged around the central turntable 200.

[0040] Please refer to Figure 4 and Figure 5, a plurality of jigs 210 are provided on the central turntable 200, and a floating frame 510, a slider 520 and a pressing head 530 matching the jig 210 are provided on the stamping mechanism 500. The pressing head 530 is used to stamp the heat conduction tube 20 on the jig 210, and the slider 520 is used to push the floating frame 510 to rise so that the floating frame 510 abuts against the bottom of the central turntable 200;

[0041] Please refer to Figure 6 and Figure 9 , the material rack 100 includes a flipping robotic arm 110, a conveyor belt 120, a pusher block 130, two support feet 140 and a guide rod 150 located between the support feet 140. The guide rod 150 is parallel to the conveyor belt 120. The heat conduction tubes 20 to be processed are hung on the guide rod 150, and the guide rod 150 abuts against the bent positions on the heat conduction tubes 20. The pusher block 130 is placed on the conveyor belt 120, and the pusher block 130 is used to push the heat conduction tubes 20 close to the flipping robotic arm 110;

[0042] The flipping robotic arm 110 is used to drive the heat conduction tube 20 to flip and make the heat conduction tube 20 close to the loading manipulator 300.

[0043] The process of the heat conduction tube processing device 10 processing the reference surface 24 on the heat conduction tube 20 is as follows:

[0044] Hang a plurality of heat conduction tubes 20 to be processed on the guide rod 150. Specifically, hang the first bending portion 21 on the guide rod 150 so that the guide rod 150 contacts the bent portion of the first bending portion 21. The guide rod 150 provides support for the heat conduction tube 20. Since the contact portion between the guide rod 150 and the heat conduction tube 20 is the bent portion of the first bending portion 21, the guide rod 150 also provides limit for the heat conduction tube 20;

[0045] The conveyor belt 120 starts, and the pusher block 130 placed on the conveyor belt 120 moves forward accordingly. The pusher block 130 pushes the heat conduction tubes 20 on the guide rod 150, so that all the heat conduction tubes 20 are closely attached together and the heat conduction tubes 20 are pushed close to the flipping robotic arm 110.

[0046] The heat conduction tubes 20 on the guide rod 150 are closely attached to each other under the action of the pusher block 130 and move to the position where the flipping robotic arm 110 is located. The flipping robotic arm 110 picks up the first heat conduction tube 20, pulls it out from the guide rod 150, and flips the heat conduction tube 20 by 90°, making the transition portion 23 parallel to the horizontal ground to prepare for loading;

[0047] The loading manipulator 300 moves above the flipping robotic arm 110 to pick up the heat conduction tube 20 and transfers the heat conduction tube 20 to one of the jigs 210 on the central turntable 200. The central turntable 200 moves the heat conduction tube 20 below the pressing head 530;

[0048] The slider 520 extends to lift the floating frame 510. After the floating frame 510 is pressed against the bottom of the center turntable 200, the pressure head 530 presses down to form a reference surface 24 on the transition portion 23. During this process, the floating frame 510 maintains contact with the bottom of the center turntable 200, providing support under the pressure head 530 to prevent the center turntable 200 from being offset due to downward pressure.

[0049] The pressure head 530 is reset, and the central turntable 200 is started again to transfer the processed heat pipe 20 to the position of the unloading robot 400. The unloading robot 400 takes away the target heat pipe 20, and the central turntable 200 transports the empty fixture 210 back to the loading robot 300 to load the next heat pipe 20 to be processed.

[0050] It should be emphasized that the pusher block 130 is not connected to the conveyor belt 120. When the conveyor belt 120 is running, the pusher block 130 is driven forward by friction. Therefore, when the resistance encountered by the pusher block 130 in the process of pushing the heat pipe 20 is greater than the friction between the pusher block 130 and the conveyor belt 120, the pusher block 130 will be in a "slip" state. In other words, the upper limit of the thrust that the heat pipe 20 bears is the friction between the pusher block 130 and the conveyor belt 120, which can prevent the pusher block 130 from crushing the heat pipe 20, and provide thrust to arrange the heat pipes 20 neatly and orderly on the guide rod 150, which is conducive to avoiding the position accuracy of the heat pipe 20 during the loading process and improving the success rate of loading.

[0051] It should be noted that the heat pipes 20 to be processed are mounted in batches on the guide rods 150 of the material rack 100, and the heat pipes 20 and the conveyor belt 120 are separated from each other and do not contact each other, and the contact portion between the heat pipes 20 and the guide rods 150 is only the position where the bend occurs on the first bending portion 21, that is, the contact area between the heat pipes 20 and the material rack 100 is small, and the friction between the heat pipes 20 and the material rack 100 is also small, ensuring that the pushing block 130 can push the heat pipes 20.

[0052] Furthermore, the first bend 21 and the second bend 22 of the heat pipe 20 are not on the same plane. If the heat pipe 20 is directly placed on the conveyor belt 120, one of the bends or the transition portion 23 will be tilted, making it difficult to position the heat pipe 20. Figure 2 shown.

[0053] In this embodiment, the heat-conducting tube 20 is hung on the guide rod 150, and the guide rod 150 contacts the bending position on the first bending portion 21, so that the heat-conducting tube 20 is in a "vertical" state instead of a "lying flat" state. When the pusher block 130 moves, it can drive all the heat-conducting tubes 20 on the guide rod 150 to fit together, so that the guide rod 150 can simultaneously mount more heat-conducting tubes 20, and the guide rod 150 provides support while also limiting the heat-conducting tube 20, providing conditions for automatic loading; further, the contact area between the guide rod 150 and the heat-conducting tube 20 is small, which reduces the resistance of the heat-conducting tube 20 when sliding along the guide rod 150, so that the pusher block 130 can push multiple heat-conducting tubes 20 to slide along the guide rod 150.

[0054] Preferably, the cross section of the guide rod 150 is circular, and the number of the guide rods 150 is 2. The friction between the guide rod 150 and the heat pipe 20 is further reduced, so that the heat pipe 20 slides more smoothly along the guide rod 150. The cross section of the heat pipe 20 is in the shape of a letter "J", and the two guide rods 150 just contact the two curved parts on the first bending part 21 for positioning.

[0055] Since the first bend 21 and the second bend 22 on the heat conducting tube 20 are not on the same plane, when the pusher block 130 pushes the heat conducting tube 20 to slide along the guide rod 150, the adjacent heat conducting tubes 20 will fit together. Although the guide rod 150 provides a limit for the first bend 21, the second bend 22 is suspended and lacks support. The center of gravity of the heat conducting tube 20 is biased toward the side where the first bend 21 and the second bend 22 meet. Therefore, the friction between the heat conducting tube 20 and the guide rod 150 at this position is greater than the friction on the other guide rod 150. The difference in friction force on the two guide rods 150 can easily cause the heat pipe 20 to tilt during the sliding process. To solve this problem, the rack 100 also includes a controller (not shown), a power supply, and two in-place detection members 160. The in-place detection member 160 includes a movable ring 161, a buffer 162, and a conductive sheet 163. The movable ring 161 is slidably arranged on the guide rod 150, the buffer 162 is connected to the support foot 140, and the buffer 162 is connected to the movable ring 161. The conductive sheet 163 is arranged on the movable ring 161, and the conductive sheet 163 is used to fit the heat pipe;

[0056] Among them, the power supply, the controller and the two conductive sheets 163 are connected by wires to form a detection circuit in an open circuit state. If the heat pipe 20 is in a tilted state, the heat pipe 20 is only in contact with one of the conductive sheets 163, and the detection circuit is still in an open circuit state; only when the heat pipe 20 is in contact with the two conductive sheets 163 at the same time can the detection circuit be connected. When the detection circuit is connected, the flip robot arm 110 picks up the heat pipe 20 to ensure the feeding accuracy of the heat pipe 20.

[0057] Please refer to Figure 6 and Figure 7 In one embodiment, the flipping robot arm 110 includes a lifting cylinder 111, a translation cylinder 112, a sliding table 113, a flipping cylinder 114, a rotating shaft 115, and a gripper 116 located on the rotating shaft 115. Two clamping blocks 170 are arranged oppositely on the gripper 116, and the gripper 116 is used to drive the two clamping blocks 170 to approach each other to clamp the heat conducting tube 20. A semi-circular groove 171 matching the heat conducting tube is formed on the clamping block 170.

[0058] After the heat conducting tube 20 contacts the conductive sheet 163, the translation cylinder 112 extends to move the gripper 116 close to the target heat conducting tube 20. The gripper 116 is activated, and the two clamping blocks 170 approach each other to clamp the target heat conducting tube 20. The lifting cylinder 111 drives the gripper 116 to rise to extract the clamped heat conducting tube 20. The flipping cylinder 114 pushes the rotating shaft 115 to rotate, so that the clamped heat conducting tube 20 is flipped by 90°. Then, the loading robot arm 300 picks up the heat conducting tube 20 that has been flipped.

[0059] It should be noted that when the pushing block 130 pushes the heat conducting tube 20, the heat conducting tubes 20 on the guiding rod 150 will be crowded together, and the adjacent heat conducting tubes 20 are in contact with each other. When loading, the flipping robot arm 110 extracts the heat conducting tube 20 that contacts the conductive sheet 163. Since the heat conducting tubes 20 are closely arranged, there is friction between adjacent heat conducting tubes 20, and the second bending portion 22 of the heat conducting tube 20 is suspended outside the guiding rod 150, so the other heat conducting tube 20 in contact with the target heat conducting tube 20 is easily lifted, resulting in the displacement of the positions of the other heat conducting tubes 20 in contact with the target heat conducting tube 20 or the detachment from the guiding rod 150. The heat conducting tube 20 itself is formed by bending a thin tube with a small diameter. When the flipping robot arm 110 picks up the target heat conducting tube 20, it is easy to clamp the adjacent heat conducting tubes 20 together. The above problems are likely to cause loading failure. To solve the above problems, the present application also provides the following two embodiments:

[0060] Embodiment 1:

[0061] Please refer to Figure 10 , Figure 11 and Figure 12 , the guiding rod 150 is inclinedly arranged on the supporting leg 140. One end of the guiding rod 150 close to the loading robot arm 300 is higher than the end far from the loading robot arm 300, and a material separating groove 151 is formed at one end of the guiding rod 150 close to the loading robot arm 300. The material separating groove 151 can accommodate one heat conducting tube. The heat conducting tube 20 located in the material separating groove 151 is in contact with the conductive sheet 163.

[0062] The groove depth of the material distribution groove 151 is less than the diameter of the heat conduction tube 20, and the cross-section of the material distribution groove 151 is triangular. After the heat conduction tube 20 falls into the material distribution groove 151, it is guided by the material distribution groove 151 to fit with the conductive sheet 163, and the heat conduction tube 20 will form an obstruction to prevent the subsequent heat conduction tubes 20 from advancing.

[0063] The guiding rod 150 is inclined and arranged on the supporting foot 140. When the pushing block 130 pushes the heat conduction tube 20 close to the flipping robotic arm 110, the heat conduction tube 20 is "going uphill". When the foremost heat conduction tube 20 falls into the material distribution groove 151 and contacts the conductive sheet 163, it forms an obstruction to prevent the subsequent heat conduction tubes 20 from continuing to advance.

[0064] When the heat conduction tube 20 contacts the conductive sheet 163, the conveyor belt 120 rotates reversely, causing the pushing block 130 to slide back, creating space for the heat conduction tubes 20 that have not fallen into the material distribution groove 151 on the guiding rod 150 to slide down. After the flipping robotic arm 110 picks up the heat conduction tube 20 in the material distribution groove 151, the pushing block 130 pushes the subsequent heat conduction tubes 20 to slide until the next heat conduction tube 20 falls into the material distribution groove 151. This process repeats continuously to supply the heat conduction tubes 20 to the flipping robotic arm 110.

[0065] It should be emphasized that when the heat conduction tube 20 contacts the conductive sheet 163, the conveyor belt 120 rotates reversely, causing the pushing block 130 to move away from the flipping robotic arm 110, removing the thrust on the heat conduction tube 20 and reducing the friction between adjacent heat conduction tubes 20. After the pushing block 130 retreats, the heat conduction tubes 20 that have not entered the material distribution groove 151 will slide down along the guiding rod 150 under the action of gravity, separating the foremost heat conduction tube 20 on the guiding rod 150 from the other heat conduction tubes 20. In this way, when the target heat conduction tube 20 is lifted, it will not interfere with the other heat conduction tubes 20. And a gap is formed between the target heat conduction tube 20 and the other heat conduction tubes 20, which can ensure that each time the flipping robotic arm 110 only clamps a single heat conduction tube 20 during feeding, making the feeding process orderly and having a low failure rate.

[0066] Embodiment 2:

[0067] Please refer to Figure 6 、 Figure 7 and Figure 8 On the clamping block 170, there are several material distribution teeth 172. The root of the material distribution tooth 172 is tangent to the groove wall of the semi-circular groove 171. The thickness of the material distribution tooth 172 decreases from the end connected to the semi-circular groove 171 towards the other end, that is, the material distribution tooth 172 is in a tapered shape; the material distribution teeth 172 on the two clamping blocks 170 are staggered.

[0068] The clamping block 170 is also provided with an avoidance groove (not shown in the figure) that matches the material distribution tooth 172. When the clamping blocks 170 approach each other, the material distribution tooth 172 is inserted into the avoidance groove on the other clamping block 170.

[0069] When the flipping robot arm 110 clamps the heat conduction tube 20, the translation cylinder 112 pushes the gripper 116 close to the guide rod 150, so that the material separating teeth 172 on the clamping block 170 are aligned with the gap between adjacent heat conduction tubes 20. When the gripper 116 is activated, the two clamping blocks 170 move closer to each other, the material separating teeth 172 extend into the above-mentioned gap, the tooth surfaces of the material separating teeth 172 contact the outer wall of the heat conduction tube 20, and the two adjacent heat conduction tubes 20 are separated;

[0070] Since the tooth roots of the material separating teeth 172 are tangent to the semi-circular grooves 171, after the two clamping blocks 170 move closer, the material separating teeth 172 can guide the target heat conduction tube 20 to slide into the semi-circular grooves 171, so that the target heat conduction tube 20 is fixed within the area surrounded by the two semi-circular grooves 171;

[0071] During the above process, before the clamping blocks 170 are completely closed, the material separating teeth 172 first separate the adjacent heat conduction tubes 20, so that the target heat conduction tube 20 is separated from other heat conduction tubes 20, ensuring that the target heat conduction tube 20 will not contact other heat conduction tubes 20 during feeding, and ensuring stable feeding.

[0072] Furthermore, the material separating teeth 172 are in a sharp conical shape. The tooth surfaces of the material separating teeth 172 will push the target heat conduction tube 20 to translate towards the side where the conductive sheet 163 is located, so that the target heat conduction tube 20 can be closely attached to the two conductive sheets 163. The reaction force provided by the conductive sheets 163 pushes against the first bending portion 21, making the first bending portion 21 flush with the conductive sheet 163, improving the position accuracy of the heat conduction tube 20 during feeding; by guiding the heat conduction tube 20 into the semi-circular grooves 171 through the material separating teeth 172, scratching the outer skin of the heat conduction tube 20 during clamping can be avoided.

[0073] Please refer to Figure 5 and Figure 13 , in an embodiment, the loading robot arm 300 includes a translation motor 310, a lifting motor 320 and a synchronous clamp 330. The translation motor 310 and the lifting motor 320 cooperate to drive the synchronous clamp 330 to reciprocate between the central turntable 200 and the material rack 100;

[0074] Please refer to Figure 13 , the synchronous clamp 330 includes a first sliding rod 331, a second sliding rod 332, a sliding seat 333 and two loading cylinders 334. The first sliding rod 331 and the second sliding rod 332 are slidably arranged on the sliding seat 333. The first sliding rod 331 is parallel to the second sliding rod 332. A plurality of first clamping pieces 335 are arranged on the first sliding rod 331, and a plurality of second clamping pieces 336 are arranged on the second sliding rod 332.

[0075] Two loading cylinders 334 are used to drive the first slide bar 331 and the second slide bar 332 to translate, so that the first clamping piece 335 and the second clamping piece 336 approach each other. When it is necessary to clamp the heat conduction tube 20, the loading cylinder 334 connected to the first slide bar 331 extends, and the loading cylinder 334 connected to the second slide bar 332 contracts, which can make the first clamping piece 335 and the second clamping piece 336 approach each other; conversely, if the loading cylinder 334 connected to the first slide bar 331 contracts and the loading cylinder 334 connected to the second slide bar 332 extends, the first clamping piece 335 and the second clamping piece 336 move away from each other.

[0076] Since the heat conduction tube 20 has a "Ji"-shaped structure, when loading, it is necessary to clamp two parts on the heat conduction tube 20 at the same time to keep it stable. In this embodiment, a plurality of first clamping pieces 335 are arranged on the first slide bar 331, and a plurality of second clamping pieces 336 are arranged on the second slide bar 332. When the first slide bar 331 and the second slide bar 332 move, the clamping pieces thereon can be driven to move synchronously, so that multiple parts on the heat conduction tube 20 can be clamped or released at the same time, improving the loading accuracy.

[0077] Please refer to Figure 4 , preferably, the stamping mechanism 500 is provided with a camera 540 for taking pictures of the heat conduction tube 20 to distinguish the processing condition of the reference surface 24.

[0078] Please refer to Figure 5 , in one embodiment, a slide 410 and a recycling box 420 are provided below the unloading manipulator 400. The unloading manipulator 400 transfers the processed heat conduction tube 20 to the slide 410, and makes it fall into the recycling box 420 along with the slide 410, which is convenient for centralized handling.

[0079] Please refer to Figure 6 and Figure 9 , in one embodiment, a retaining piece 131 is provided on the pushing block 130, and the retaining piece 131 is used to push the heat conduction tube 20. The retaining piece 131 increases the contact area between the pushing block 130 and the heat conduction tube 20, avoiding the deviation of the heat conduction tube 20 when sliding along the guiding rod 150; at the same time, the retaining piece 131 provides a limit to limit the pushing block 130 itself on the conveyor belt 120 to prevent it from falling during the movement.

[0080] The above embodiments only represent several implementation manners of the present invention. The description is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be construed as a limitation on the scope of the invention patent. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present invention, several deformations and improvements can still be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A heat pipe processing equipment, used for processing a "J"-shaped heat pipe, characterized in that: include: A material rack, a central turntable, and a loading manipulator, a unloading manipulator, and a punching mechanism arranged around the central turntable; The central turntable is provided with a plurality of jigs, and the stamping mechanism is provided with a floating frame, a slider and a pressing head matching the jigs, the pressing head is used to stamp the heat conducting pipe on the jig, and the slider is used to push the floating frame upward so that the floating frame abuts against the bottom of the central turntable; The material rack includes a flipping mechanical arm, a conveyor belt, a pusher block, two supporting feet and a guide rod located between the supporting feet, the cross section of the guide rod is circular, the number of the guide rods is 2, the guide rod is parallel to the conveyor belt, the heat-conducting pipe to be processed is hung on the guide rod, and the guide rod is against the curved position on the heat-conducting pipe, the pusher block is placed on the conveyor belt, and the pusher block is used to push the heat-conducting pipe close to the flipping mechanical arm; the guide rod is tiltedly arranged on the supporting feet, the end of the guide rod close to the loading manipulator is higher than the end away from the loading manipulator, and the end of the guide rod close to the loading manipulator is provided with a material dividing groove, and the material dividing groove can accommodate one of the heat-conducting pipes; The turning robot arm is used to drive the heat conducting pipe to turn over and make the heat conducting pipe close to the feeding robot arm.

2. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material rack further includes a controller, a power supply and two in-place detection components, the in-place detection components include a movable ring, a buffer and a conductive sheet, the movable ring is slidably arranged on the guide rod, the buffer is connected to the support foot, and the buffer is connected to the movable ring, the conductive sheet is arranged on the movable ring, and the conductive sheet is used to fit the heat conducting pipe; Wherein, the power supply, the controller and the two conductive sheets are connected by wires to form a detection circuit in an open circuit state.

3. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The flip robot arm includes a lifting cylinder, a translation cylinder, a slide, a flip cylinder, a rotating shaft and an air claw located on the rotating shaft. The air claw is provided with two clamping blocks arranged opposite to each other. The air claw is used to drive the two clamping blocks to move closer to each other to clamp the heat pipe; the clamping block is provided with a semicircular groove matching the heat pipe.

4. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The heat conducting pipe in the material distribution trough is in contact with the conductive sheet.

5. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding robot comprises a translation motor, a lifting motor and a synchronous clamp, and the translation motor cooperates with the lifting motor to drive the synchronous clamp to reciprocate between the central turntable and the material rack; The synchronous clamp includes a first slide bar, a second slide bar, a sliding seat and two feeding cylinders. The first slide bar and the second slide bar can be slidably arranged on the sliding seat. The first slide bar is parallel to the second slide bar. There are multiple first clamps on the first slide bar, and there are multiple second clamps on the second slide bar. The two feeding cylinders are used to drive the first slide bar and the second slide bar to translate so that the first clamp and the second clamp are close to each other.

6. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stamping mechanism is provided with a camera.

7. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A slide and a recovery box are provided below the unloading manipulator.

8. The heat transfer pipe processing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pushing block is provided with a blocking piece, and the blocking piece is used to push the heat conducting pipe.

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